Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-23
THE NATIONS SCAPITAL.
How President CleVeland will
Entertain on New Years.
Senator Frye Planning to Head Oh niks
Burns on the Original Package
Business.
Progress Made by Speaker Carlisle on
the House Committees.

/ WASHINGTON, Dec. 90.
The President will receive New Year
day, Jan. 2. At II A. NJ. members of tn
cabinet and diplomatic corps; Ills, chic,
justices, associate justices of the supreme
court. judges of the L. S. court of claims
judges of the supreme court of the Distric
of Columbia: ll.20, senators. representa-
tives, commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia, judicial officers of the District, ex
members of the cabinet, ex-ministers of tbs
L. s.; ll.45, officers of the army and navy
10, regents and secretary of the Smithson
ian Institute, commissioner of agriculture
civil service commissioners, interstate com
missioners, assistant postmasters general
solicitor general, assistant attorney general
heads of bureaus eff the several departments
and president of Columbia Institute for deaf
and dumb; 1925, associate soldiers of the
war of 1912, associate veterans war of 1876,
G. A. r. members, oldest Inhabitants, asso.
ications of the District of Columbia; 1910,
reception to citizens.
The President will be assisted by Mrs
Cleveland and ladies of the cabinet.
Mrs. Cleveland's Saturday afternoon re.
ceptons from until 5, will begin Saturday,
January !, and continue on alternate Satur-
days through the season.
The following House committee on ways
and means have been announced: Mills of
Texas, chairman; Mcmillan of Tennessee,
Breckenridge of Arkansas, Breckinridge of
Kentucky, Cox of New York, Bynum of In
diana, Turner of Georgia, Wilson of West
Virginia, Democrats, Kelley of Pennsylva-
mia, Browne of Indiana, Reed of Maine, Nc
Kinley of Ohio, Fuller of Iowa. This gives
the tariff reformers the eight Democratic
votes certain, and in some contingencies that
of Fuller of iowa, too. The speaker deter
mined that he would not appoint Gay of Lou
isiana, even to please Randall. The COM
mittee is mainly stronger than it was thought
it would be.
1t was stated by prominent senator to-
day that the opposition in the shape of cor
respondence and action of organizations to
the confirmation of Secretary Lamar was al
most overwhelming. The soldiers and the
colored voters are foremost in this antago-
nism. The tendency of affairs is to make
this party issue. The opinion is still ex-
pressed that Mr.. Lamar will be confirmed if
brought to vote, as one or two republican
senators still insist that they will support
him. 1t is not improbable that action will
be delayed from time to time, in hopes that
the President will withdraw the nomination.
A full republican vote it is claimed can be
had on postponement.
Secretary Fairchild this afternoon author
lied the collectors of customs at New York
and Newport to make such use of the reve-
nue. cutters Grant and Dexter, in guarding
against danger from the drifting raft as the
interests of commerce seem to demand.
SENATE.
Mr. Dolph introduced a bill to provide for
the payment of claims for damages by Indi-
an depredations. He said there were some
1900 such claims aggregating IA or Is mil
lion dollars. 1t was referred.
The Senate took up the joint resolution
introduced by Dolph, proposing constitution
al amendment on the subject of marriage and
divorce and prohibiting bigamy and polyga-
my.
Senator Frye has introduced bill in the
Senate, which if passed, will prevent the
sale of imported liquors in original packages
in prohibtory States. 1t provides that the
laws of the States relating to the sale of dis
titled or fermented liquors within the limits
of such State, may apply to such liquors
when the same have been imported, in the
same manner as when they have been manu-
factured in the United States.
HOUSE.
Speaker Carlisle didn't announce the CON-
mittees he expected to have ready today. 1t
was his desire to do so in the interest of
business, but was strongly advised not to do
so on the grounds that if he did there would
be a rush by members not satisfied, and he
would find it very difficult to construct the
rest of his committees.